Mental Health Nursing Final Exam
psychosis
a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality,
experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
-a state in which individuals experience positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Positive Symptoms
Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral excesses or peculiarities, such
as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of ideas (not
experienced by others around them)
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Negative Symptoms
Emotions and behaviors that should be present but are diminished
Delusions
Include grandiose, nihilistic, persecutory, and somatic
Grandiose delusions
false, persistent beliefs that one has superior talents and traits
Nihilistic delusions
belief that a major catastrophe will occur
Persecutory delusions
the belief that one is being watched, ridiculed, harmed, or plotted against
, Somatic delusions
beliefs about abnormalities in bodily functions or structures
Hallucinations
false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an
external visual stimulus.
Command hallucinations
An individual hearing voices that direct the person to take action.
antipsychotics
block some of the dopamine receptors in the brain. First line of treatment for
schizophrenia
pseudoparkin
A medication-induced temporary constellation of symptoms associated with
Parkinson's disease, including tremor, reduced accessory movements, impaired
gait, and stiffening of muscles.
Acute dystonia
psychosis
a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality,
experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
-a state in which individuals experience positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Positive Symptoms
Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral excesses or peculiarities, such
as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of ideas (not
experienced by others around them)
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Negative Symptoms
Emotions and behaviors that should be present but are diminished
Delusions
Include grandiose, nihilistic, persecutory, and somatic
Grandiose delusions
false, persistent beliefs that one has superior talents and traits
Nihilistic delusions
belief that a major catastrophe will occur
Persecutory delusions
the belief that one is being watched, ridiculed, harmed, or plotted against
, Somatic delusions
beliefs about abnormalities in bodily functions or structures
Hallucinations
false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an
external visual stimulus.
Command hallucinations
An individual hearing voices that direct the person to take action.
antipsychotics
block some of the dopamine receptors in the brain. First line of treatment for
schizophrenia
pseudoparkin
A medication-induced temporary constellation of symptoms associated with
Parkinson's disease, including tremor, reduced accessory movements, impaired
gait, and stiffening of muscles.
Acute dystonia
